"Kill All Hippies" is a song by Scottish

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band

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, released on 20 March 2000 as the second

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from their sixth

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, ''

XTRMNTR ''XTRMNTR'' (pronounced "Exterminator") is the sixth studio album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream. It was first released on 31 January 2000 in the United Kingdom by Creation Records and on 2 May 2000 in the United States by Astralwerks. It pe ...

''. The song has an aggressive, electronically processed sound, with prominent use of sampled drum loops and distorted guitars. Its title is a quote from the 1980 film '' Out of the Blue'' and begins with a sample of the line and other quotes from the film spoken by actress

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. Upon release, the song debuted and peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart and spent one more week in the top 100 before dropping out.

Reception

Reviewing a live show from the ''XTRMNTR'' tour, ''

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'' critic Dave Simpson compared the song to the work of D.A.F.

Music video

A video for the song was directed by Julian Gibbs and

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, inspired by House's cover art for the album. It features fragmented footage of approaching war, aggression and combat, such as riot police, vintage military aircraft and hockey players, superimposed on backgrounds of intense blue and orange colour washes, with no faces visible. Several versions were made for different mixes of the album.

Track listings

Charts

Release history

References

External links

Kill All Hippies video
- website of video production team. Includes commentary and embedded clip of a longer mix.
Video
on band YouTube page, also of longer mix.
Short mix
video on band YouTube page {{DEFAULTSORT:Kill All Hippies 2000 singles 2000 songs Creation Records singles Epic Records singles Primal Scream songs Songs written by Andrew Innes Songs written by Bobby Gillespie